Intra-articular Analgesia and Discharge to Home Enhance Recovery Following Total Knee Replacement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increasing demand for total knee arthroplasty (TKR) and the initiatives to reduce health care spending have put the responsibility for efficient care on hospitals and providers. Multidisciplinary care pathways have been shown to shorten length of stay and result in improved short-term outcomes. However, common problems such as post-op nausea, orthostasis, and quad weakness remain, while reliance on discharge to rehabilitation facilities may also prolong hospital stay.

Questions/purposes

Our aim was to document that combined modifications of our traditional clinical pathway for unilateral TKR could lead to improved short-term outcomes. We pose the following research questions. Can pathway modifications which include intra-articular infusion and saphenous nerve

SUBMITTER: Duggal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342406 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature